Thanks for the detailed reply. Comments inline... Rob Stewart wrote:
1. My browser's "always underline links" setting is not being respected. <snip>
2. My browser's link colors are not being honored. <snip>
These specific design issues can be revisited, but the larger question is of a style-sheet overriding browser defaults. Are you against any website creating a distinct look-n-feel by customizing settings such as these?
3. Sans serif text is harder to read. You should use a font with serifs for the body text and sans serif fonts for headings.
This issue was discussed on the boost-docs list. I put up a side-by-side comparison of serif and sans-serif documentation, and without exception, everyone there found sans-serif to be both more attractive *and* easier to read than serif, even those who initially expressed doubt. If you feel strongly about this point, I suggest you re-open the discussion on boost-docs. Many people you would need to convice loiter there.
4. Some things don't adapt well to differing resolutions and font sizes. Consider the preferred/portable syntax table at http://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su/~ghost/boost_docs/function.tutorial.html#id47806.... At my default settings, I see half of the second column. Were the table not offset so far, I'd see the whole thing.
<snip> I can reduce the margin used by tables. Thanks.
5. In http://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su/~ghost/boost_docs/function.tutorial.html#id47841..., a list is introduced with, "Three such libraries are summarized below:," but there are no bullets setting off the three paragraphs.
CSS bug. I'll fix it. The other issues you mention do not have anything to do with the style sheet. Thanks. -- Eric Niebler Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com